Abra M/V SNATCHES 40 million views in under 2 weeks

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7 minutes ago, JustTea said:

 Exactly... 

I'm 100% sure it would have had some viral resurgence and be doing 300k+ daily on Spotify atm. maybe even over 500k, thus having over 500M Spotify streams by now...  

I understood why she removed it from streaming/digital platforms (and well done so), but would've been a great relieve to replace it with the Xtina version putting it on the album. Does anybody know why she didn't?

Edited February 16 by elegidadedios

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12 minutes ago, elegidadedios said:

I understood why she removed it from streaming/digital platforms (and well done so), but would've been a great relieve to replace it with the Xtina version putting it on the album. Does anybody know why she didn't?

Probably R. Kelly would still be credited and getting royalties from the Xtina version?

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1 hour ago, dollardays said:

Probably R. Kelly would still be credited and getting royalties from the Xtina version?

Mhmmm I don't think so. Gaga herself, Christina and Martin Bresso are the only ones credited in that version. Plus, the song featuring Christina is up on Spotify still (I guess in other platforms too). My question was why she didn't include it in the ARTPOP album as a whole? I mean if she was able to remove a song from streaming, I suppose she was able to include the Xtina version in the album as it already was in streaming. It has to be another reason

Edited February 16 by elegidadedios

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6 minutes ago, elegidadedios said:

Mhmmm I don't think so. Gaga herself, Christina and Martin Bresso are the only ones credited in that version. Plus, the song featuring Christina is up on Spotify still (I guess in other platforms too). My question was why she didn't include it in the ARTPOP album as a whole? I mean if she was able to remove a song from streaming, I suppose she was able to include the Xtina version in the album as it already was in streaming. It has to be another reason

I see. Maybe it was their way of making sure she wouldn't be associated to the whole situation altogether in the future, if most people forget of the song's existence.

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10 hours ago, dancedance said:

Gaga's 2nd single blessing/anticurse is strong  Million Reasons, Rain On Me, Abracadabra 

 

10 hours ago, Savage said:

Poker Face too, the best performing single from The Fame 

DWUW (Xtina version) also peaked at #1 in my bedroom in 2014

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9 hours ago, OMF said:

Huh? So you’ve heard all songs from Mayhem in HQ to make such a claim? 

yeah and abra is my fav what’s ur fav song off the album??? 

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11 hours ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

It’s literally the best song she’s released in over a decade! It deserves this and so much more 

This Replay and Disease erasure.

 

I hope your pillow is hot forever and you hit the small toe of your left foot with a corner every day.

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3M is me

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48 minutes ago, misha4ever said:

This Replay and Disease erasure.

 

I hope your pillow is hot forever and you hit the small toe of your left foot with a corner every day.

I love Replay and Disease!

But girl Abra just hits those spots just right 

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13 hours ago, Wet Fire said:

And Judas - the most streamed hit from BTW!

Judas getting its flowers after so long is amazing, especially from the perspective from an og monster like myself 

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2 hours ago, misha4ever said:

This Replay and Disease erasure.

 

I hope your pillow is hot forever and you hit the small toe of your left foot with a corner every day.

Oh the TASTE is in the BUILDING 

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4 hours ago, elegidadedios said:

Mhmmm I don't think so. Gaga herself, Christina and Martin Bresso are the only ones credited in that version. Plus, the song featuring Christina is up on Spotify still (I guess in other platforms too). My question was why she didn't include it in the ARTPOP album as a whole? I mean if she was able to remove a song from streaming, I suppose she was able to include the Xtina version in the album as it already was in streaming. It has to be another reason

Xtina version has different production, thus it probably didn't fit the album as it is. But there was Gaga's solo version of DWUW even on Spotify, she should've added that to the album instead... 

 

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Just now, JustTea said:

Xtina version has different production, thus it probably didn't fit the album as it is. But there was Gaga's solo version of DWUW even on Spotify, she should've added that to the album instead... 

 

The production is very subtly different (couple of extra drum fills). I don’t really think that’s a good enough reason, but I agree that I would’ve loved to have it replaced with the solo version 

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3 minutes ago, JustTea said:

Xtina version has different production, thus it probably didn't fit the album as it is. But there was Gaga's solo version of DWUW even on Spotify, she should've added that to the album instead... 

 

I was shook when I saw there was a non r. ***ly version on Spotify but when I clicked it showed the EuropaFM recopilatory (a radio station from my country btw lmao) but no Gaga to be found there 😶😮‍💨 strange. And I didn't notice back in the day nor today there was a slightly different production, mhmmm could that mean technically is a rip-off song which couldn't be included in the album as a whole after It was released the way it was? Dunno

2 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

The production is very subtly different (couple of extra drum fills). I don’t really think that’s a good enough reason, but I agree that I would’ve loved to have it replaced with the solo version 

Yeah I meant the solo version (even better) or the Xtina one 👌 I always feel like something's missing when listening to ARTPOP, it really was a central song on the record imo

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1 minute ago, elegidadedios said:

I was shook when I saw there was a non r. ***ly version on Spotify but when I clicked it showed the EuropaFM recopilatory (a radio station from my country btw lmao) but no Gaga to be found there 😶😮‍💨 strange. And I didn't notice back in the day nor today there was a slightly different production, mhmmm could that mean technically is a rip-off song which couldn't be included in the album as a whole after It was released the way it was? Dunno

Yeah I meant the solo version (even better) or the Xtina one 👌 I always feel like something's missing when listening to ARTPOP, it really was a central song on the record imo

Xtina version has more "live" like instrumental/production and few backing vocals removed from the outro. 

Yes, DWUW solo version was on that compilation album of Europa FM. I can still see it there: Track 21 (Disc 2, Track 3) but it's sadly unavailable.